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Notinyourbushes t1_jabmk9c wrote

Reply to I can't listen to music by Vulpes49

I can't get into sports to save my life. Can't even find a single fiber of interest to bother. I listen to music all day long though.

We're individuals. Just because everyone else is doing it doesn't mean you have to too.

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Notinyourbushes t1_jabm771 wrote

Reply to comment by YepJustAnAccount in Are women worst at making music? by YepJustAnAccount

A mixture of heavy gatekeeping and limited market appeal for decades left women with less incentive to even bother with the music industry.

Where men had the option of going down whatever musical path and picking whatever style they wanted, women tended to be heavily manipulated and forced into a mold as soon as entering the industry. Record execs were more likely to finance attractive females and force them to dress and act a certain way.

It's opened up a lot in the last 30 years, but really until the 90s, why even bother having the dream if you were expected to be as pretty as you were talented and have your image completely created by men?

Carol King and Bobbie Gentry were both important figures in open up the market, as were Heart (and even Heart went through a period where all the shots were being called by execs for them). Also Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams.

The history of the Runaways and Suzi Quatro are well worth looking into if you're interested in the subject.

I'd highly suggest looking into Shelby Lynne. Country music was (probably still is) especially male dominated. She had no control over her career and she finally took the reigns herself with the release of "I am Shelby Lynne." It was the first time she wrote her own songs and picked the style of music she wanted to create and it was amazing.

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thatweirdbeardedguy t1_jabls1m wrote

Reply to Making my spouse a mixtape!! by DandyfelloxX

There is some great advice here. So I thought I would tell a story about the mix tape I made my now wife back in 1993. We had gotten together before she had to return to France to finalise her living arrangements etc. So apart from lots of overseas calls I made a mix tape for her with my take on Leftfield love songs which included The Ship Song by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Throw Your Arms Around Me by Hunters and Collectors

Not your traditional love songs but she loved it and it represented how I was feeling at the time.

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